Knowing versus 'Knowing' 167First, I suggest that the teenager who suppresses his childhood will try
to act „cool.‟ Obviously, if childhood 'beliefs' are rooted in emotional
experiences, then suppressing them means stepping away from strong
feelings. In other words, the Perceiver observer responds to the glare of
childish Mercy emotions by pulling the
curtain over its window to the Mercy
room. Therefore, the rebellious teenager
will pride himself upon his lack of
emotion. He will flaunt his ability to act
and to think without feelings.
Second, he will rebel against his
parents. This is because they are
inextricably linked to the memories of
his childhood. Mercy images of mother
and father form the emotional core
around which his childish mind is
organized. Therefore, if the teenager
wants to suppress these memories, then
he must rebel from his parents, for they
remind him of childhood and its feelings.
Third he will blame his parents. He
will hold them responsible for his childish ways, and claim that they acted
like „gods‟ who controlled him. Did they act like „gods‟? Yes, it was
inevitable. This is because, as a child, the teenager lacked the mental
content to withstand the influence of his parents. Will the teenager realize
that the deficiency lay within his own mind? No, because he is focusing
upon destroying the enemy. Therefore, he will blame his parents for their
„excessive influence‟ over him.
This combination of emotional detachment, rebellion and blame will
create feelings of guilt within the mind of the teenager. All of the external
conflict is really a smokescreen for the internal battle raging within the
mind of the teenager: He is trying to grow up by distancing himself from
internal feelings; he is rebelling against the mental image of his parents;
and, he is blaming this set of emotional memories for controlling him. But,
memories which form into networks become „alive‟ and continue to
operate, even when suppressed.
Therefore, by rebelling from authority, the teenager turns his childhood
memories of parents into an autonomous mental network which is under
the control of any authority figure whom he encounters.A This system of
thought will always oppose him, and he will continue to lack the power to
resist it. This mental network will convince the teenager that he is being
A Why? Because emotional 'facts' are instantly reprogrammed whenever a
new emotional expert comes along.